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02/04/08

 

 

 

Welcome Fellow Germans from Russia!!!
I hope you enjoy this website and that it is helpful to you in your research in your family history.  Here you will be able to find connections to those who moved from the Volga Region in Russia to the plains of Ellis & Rush Counties in Kansas.  You will also find local books that have been compiled on families and churches as well as local connections to the Sunflower Chapter of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia.  This is an on going web site.



German settlers along the Volga River elected these five men to act as scouts to investigate land in Nebraska.  Those pictured above were, Peter Leiker (Obermunjou), Peter Stecklein (Zug), Anton Wasinger (Schoenchen), Nicholas Schamne (Graf), and Jacob Ritter (Luzern).  These five men left Obermunjou, Russia in 1874.  They soon returned to Russia with a favorable report.  Colonists would then leave the following year, 1875 and ultimately settling in Ellis County, Kansas.
 

        

CONVENTION
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CONVENTION
NEWS REPORTS

FAVORITE & IMPORTANT LINKS

bulletA.H.S.G.R. - International Headquarters
bullet Sunflower Chapter of A.H.S.G.R. - Hays, Ks.
bullet NEW CD - 14 German Favorites
bullet NEW CD - Opa's One Man German Band - Larry Weigel
bullet St. Joseph Catholic Church - Hays, Ks.
bullet Germans from Russia Heritage Coll. - NDSU Libr.
bullet Ellis County Historical Society
bullet Bukovina Society
bullet Map of the Saratov Oblast (Provine) Russia


POST 2007 CONVENTION NEWS

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DAILY CONVENTION REPORTS

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CONVENTION PICTURES
 

AHSGR/GRHS 2008 CONVENTION
CASPER, WYOMING
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SUNFLOWER CHAPTER - Are you thinking about joining the local Hays, Kansas SUNFLOWER CHAPTER?  Now is the time.   Join the local group as we share our heritage and help to preserve it! 

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NEW UPDATES:

bullet CENSUS BOOKS AVAILABLE
bulletVOLGA GERMAN FAMILY GENEALOGY BOOKS
bullet Katharinenstadt 1857 Census NOW AVAILABLE

 

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